Railway tie



S. G. WOOD-WARD.

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APPLICATION FILED OCT: 17, 192]- 1,41 0,281. Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

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RAILWAY TIE.

1,410,281. Patented Mar. 21,1922.

, I 2 SHEETS SHEET 2- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL GRAHAM WOODWARD, 0F TRENTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

RAILWAY TIE.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, SAMUEL GRAHAM \Voonwann, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and resident of the town of Trenton, in the Province ofOntario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Railway Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in railway ties, and the objectsof the invention are to provide a steel railway tie that will take theplace of the wooden ties now in use and that will be for all practicalpurposes everlasting, thereby obviating the necessity of constantandsystematic renewal as in the case of the present wooden ties.

Moreover, my object is further to provide a steel tie that will in thelong run be preferable to the wooden tie from an economical point ofview, to say nothing of the many other advantages such as safety,immunity from fire, comfort in travelling, absence of insuranceexpenses, all of which are practically admitted over the wooden tie.

That such economy is possible will be realized when the cost ofpreparing, removing and insuring is calculated against the one initialcost of production for the steel tie.

The invention consists essentially in the combination with a suitablybent and reinforcing steel plate having orifices therein of railretaining clamps on each side of the rail, and means through saidorifices and said clamps whereby the rail is fixedly secured on the tie.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a railroad track fitted with myinvention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view with rail joints partly shown. in section.

Fi ure 3 is an end view in elevation and part y in section.

Figure 4: is a sectional detail on the line 33, Figure 8.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the underside of the tie.

Figure 6 is a top plan view.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the clamp. I

In the drawings, like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings:

A is a. steel railway tie and B is the rail.

The tie A is formed with a suitable blank 10 bent downwardly at theextremities to Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

Application filed October 17, 1921.

Serial No. 508,274.

form at right angles thereto the ends 11 and folded inwardly at itsedges and then downward to form the double web 12.

14 are orifices suitably arranged in the body 1.0 adapted to receivetherethrough the bolts 15 passing through the rail retaining clamps l7and to fixedly secure the same in position by means of the nuts 18.

The retaining clamps 17 are formed with orifices 13 therein and adaptedto fit flatly on the body 10 over the orifices 14 therein, and arefurther provided with an extending retaining lip 19 to fit over and gripthe base 20 of the rail B.

21 is an orifice in the body portion 10 of the tie A whereby through theinsertion of the pointed end of a pick or the like the tie can bereadily lifted. The retaining clamps 17 in the ordinary way and with therail joints as shown in Figure 2 are placed between said joints andsecured on the tie on each side of the rails in staggered relationshipto one another, while at the joint of the rails shown in Figures 1 and 2the clamps are secured on the tie opposite to each other for the purposeof strengthening the joint.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of my invention within the scopeof the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scopethereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanyingspecification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and notin a limiting sense.

lVhat I claim as my invention is:

1. A steel railway tie comprising a body portion formed'withends bentdownwardly at right angles and folded inward at its edges and downwardsto form a double web, a plurality of orifices in said body portionadapted to receive therethrough rail securing means.

2. A tie of the character described comprising a metal plate bent andfolded to form right-angledend portions and a central double web, aplurality of orifices in said plate, and rail clamping means designed toextend through said orifices whereby the rail is clamped on the tie.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

SAMUEL GRAHAM WOODWARD. lVitnesses FREDERIG VERE BURTON, NOSTRAND M.SPRAGUE.

